The Kings’ Jonny Brodzinski, left, and the Vancouver Canucks’ Derek Dorsett battle for control of the puck during their exhibition game in Beijing on Saturday. Of the six spots on the Kings’ top two lines, the one occupied by Brodzinski the last eight days is the only one up in the air. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Assistant coach John Stevens, now the LA Kings head coach, poses with Mike Richards, left, and Jeff Carter after the Kings beat the New Jersey Devils to win the 2012 Stanley Cup. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Anze Kopitar looks to rebound from his worst statistical season in his 11 years with the Kings. (Alex Gallardo/The Associated Press)

Brooks Laich, left, and Julianne Hough arrive at night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Nick Shore returns at center for the Kings this year. (Photo by John McCoy/SCNG)

The Kings re-signed right wing Tyler Toffoli to a new three-year deal with a salary-cap hit of $4.6 million per season. Toffoli, 25, could have become a restricted free agent on July 1. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Kings winger Marian Gaborik said two problems with his knee were addressed in the same April surgery, but declined to get more specific on the nature of the offseason procedure necessitated by a chronic knee injury. (Photo by Harry How, Getty Images)

The Ducks’ Sami Vatanen and the Kings’ Andy Andreoff scramble for a loose puck in the last regular season game in April. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)

Former New Jersey Devils left wing Michael Cammalleri signed with the Los Angeles Kings in the offseason (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Adrian Kempe’s 6-foot-2, 202-pound frame was a big reason the Kings made him their first-round draft pick in 2014. (Photo by Mark Dustin for SCNG)

The Kings’ Kurtis MacDermid fights with Vancouver’s Andrey Pedan during an exhibition game last season. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

The Kings Alec Martinez collides with the Ducks Chris Wagner in a game last April. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)

The Kings’ Jake Muzzin gets checked to the ice by Anaheim’s Chris Wagner last April. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kings goalie Jack Campbell defends as Ducks right winger Ondrejj Kase attacks during the first period of Friday’s exhibition game at Honda Center. Campbell was spectacular at times saving the first 19 shots of the game. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick missed 59 games last season with a groin injury suffered in the first period of the season opener, so the team took steps to build up more depth behind their two-time Stanley Cup champion. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Kings made minimal changes to their roster in the offseason, but significant changes to the coaching staff included the addition of assistant Pierre Turgeon, who in his first coaching job is charged with reviving a Kings offense that was dormant last season.